CVE-2012-5459

HighCVSS 7.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in a "system folder."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.9/10AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Nov 14, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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